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LOCALMonday 31 October 2016

June 2017:

St. Maarten Set to Host Aviation

SIMPSON BAY - The Princess    Conference                    its positive impact on tour-
Juliana International Air-                                  ism and economy. “We are
port (SXM Airport) will host  platform for communica-       pleased that we could se-
the 2nd annual Caribbean      tion between the various      cure that the conference
Aviation Meetup confer-       stakeholders in the avia-     will be held on St. Maarten
ence on June 13-15, 2017.     tion, tourism and invest-     in 2017,” according to Larry
The Caribbean Aviation        ment industries. The event    Donker, Deputy Manag-
Meetup is a results-oriented  will focus on needed          ing Director of SXM Airport.
                              changes for improved airlift
                              in the Caribbean and on

                                                                                          Airlift is vital to tourism and
                                                                                          tourism is vital to the econ-
                                                                                          omies in the entire Carib-
                                                                                          bean region. The program
                                                                                          of the Caribbean Aviation
                                                                                          Meetup will offer the par-
                                                                                          ticipants a wide range of
                                                                                          sessions that are pertinent
                                                                                          to airlift issues and chal-
                                                                                          lenges and are in correla-
                                                                                          tion with the interests of
                                                                                          the tourism and hospital-
                                                                                          ity industry. The program
                                                                                          includes topics such as
                                                                                          regional airlines, route de-
                                                                                          velopment, airport devel-
                                                                                          opment, airlift impact on
                                                                                          tourism and economy, in-
                                                                                          vestment considerations,
                                                                                          trends in regional travel
                                                                                          and tourism, innovation of
                                                                                          product, service and infra-
                                                                                          structure, as well as tourism
                                                                                          product development.
                                                                                          “SXM Airport is a major hub
                                                                                          in the Caribbean for inter-
                                                                                          national and regional air
                                                                                          transportation. The event
                                                                                          will not only highlight St.
                                                                                          Maarten as a destination,
                                                                                          but also our seven hub-
                                                                                          partners in the region,”
                                                                                          comments Suzy Kartok-
                                                                                          romo, SXM Airport’s Mar-
                                                                                          keting & Customer Service
                                                                                          Manager. “Besides discuss-
                                                                                          ing and acting upon essen-
                                                                                          tial airlift issues in our region,
                                                                                          we will be able to acquire
                                                                                          valuable feedback and in-
                                                                                          formation from the interna-
                                                                                          tional expert speakers and
                                                                                          other professionals who will
                                                                                          attend the conference.
                                                                                          The Aviation and Tourism
                                                                                          developments as well as
                                                                                          the Investment opportu-
                                                                                          nities will receive interna-
                                                                                          tional media exposure,
                                                                                          since there will be a line-up
                                                                                          of independent journalists
                                                                                          who routinely contribute
                                                                                          to 37 international media
                                                                                          outlets.” The Meetup con-
                                                                                          ference differs from most
                                                                                          other events, because it
                                                                                          puts the emphasis on ex-
                                                                                          perience exchange, inter-
                                                                                          action and participation,
                                                                                          rather than on listening to
                                                                                          speakers’ or company’s
                                                                                          achievements. q
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